Ferrari got it right, says Massa

Date published : 29 Aug 2010 - 19:10:43

Felipe Massa says he was happy to make it home in fourth place at Spa after keeping out of trouble in the dramatic race. Massa gained two spots early on when Vettel and Button collided in front of him, and might have moved up further had he immediately jumped into the pits for intermediates instead of staying out during the final shower. I think it was a good race, said Massa, who carried Ferrari's challenge after team-mate Fernando Alonso lost early ground. We scored a good amount of points. It could have been always more, but anyway it was a good race. And also the strategy, to keep the car on the track, everything counts in a race like that. Definitely it was a race where I was sitting there waiting for the wet, and everything was changing during the whole race. The rain comes, everybody was on the slick tyres, and it was difficult to keep the slick tyres on the track. And then the rain disappeared, it gets dry, the sun comes out, and then it gets showers again. So it was a very difficult race. To stay on the track and to finish was not easy. But anyway, I think we did a good strategy, a good job on the tyres, and also we were a bit lucky with the accident in front of me. But anyway, it's part of racing. Ferrari had gone into the summer break prior to Spa in strong form but was unable to seriously challenge title rivals Red Bull and McLaren in qualifying or the race at Spa here. Massa though expects Ferrari to be quick at its home Monza event in a fortnight's time. For sure we saw a very strong McLaren here and a very strong Red Bull, he conceded. But anyway Monza is a track where you need the speed as well. I hope that we can have a good speed there and a good car to fight with them.